Deutschland Off Homeward Bound
The German submarine Deutschland sailed from Baltimore with Captain Paul Koenig and 27 crew, heading 3800 miles home via Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic. She carries rubber and nickel and possibly gold, with a salute by Neckar crew and spectators as she departed in a Sea green paint scheme.
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Baltimore
Deutschland
Paul Koenig
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Germany
United States
Neckar
Koenig
Eastern Forwarding Co
Chesapeake
Capes
Massive Jersey City explosion devastates Black Tom area
A wartime blast on Black Tom Island near Jersey City triggers vast losses. Property damage ranges from 25 to 30 million for Lehigh Valley assets plus 15 million in cotton and tobacco and 3.4 million in sugar. Dozens of warehouses barges and boats damaged with unknown death toll and widespread area panic.
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New York
Jersey City
Black Tom Island
New York Bay
Jersey Shore
Lehigh Valley Railroad
National Storage Warehouse
Clark Nominated for Congress in Montgomery
Champ Clark was renominated for Congress by the Democratic party in Montgomery Missouri for the twelfth time without opposition. The item also notes Detroit forest fires, a USDA cotton crop revision, a clash near Fort Hancock with Mexican bandits killing two Americans, and a Berlin embassy report on German babies without milk.
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Montgomery
Champ Clark
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Hancock
Rio Grande
John J. Twoney
Eighth Cavalry
Robert Wood
Washington
Gerard
State Department
Alonzo E. Taylor
Berligs
Hughes Accepts His Nomination At Carnegie Hall
Charles B Hughes formally accepted the Republican nomination for President at Carnegie Hall New York praising United States strength and denouncing Wilson Mexico policy He endorsed woman suffrage and preparedness while Theodore Roosevelt applauded from a box and Taft sent regrets from Quebec.
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New York
Charles B. Hughes
Carnegie Hall
Warren Harding
Hughes
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Col
Roosevelt
United States
Easteon
Mexico
Charles E. Hughes
Charles B. Jr
Helen and
Catharine Hughes
Taft
Mississippi
Point A Pic
Quebec
Grand Ball
Hotel
Astor
Admiral Winslow Retired From Active Duty at 62
Admiral Cameron McR. Winslow, long noted as an outstanding all around officer, is retired from active duty upon reaching 62. He last served as commander in chief of the Pacific fleet. Winslow rose quickly through the ranks and will not receive a further promotion as an additional officer in his grade.
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Pacific Fleet
Washington
Cameron McR. Winslow
Winslow
Federal Labor Clearing Houses Planned for All States
Government announces federal labor clearing houses to place retiring army and navy personnel in preferred jobs. Commissioner Caminetti of the Immigration Bureau directs the Labor Department service to operate the system nationwide. Plan aims to match veterans with suitable employment in desired locations.
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Washington
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Department of Labor
Army
Navy
British French Break German Third Line In Eight Mile Front
In a massive artillery assault from Delville Wood to the Somme, British and French forces broke the German third line along eight miles, capturing 500 prisoners and pushing beyond Waterlot Farm Trones Wood and Haltzorn Farm. Pozieres fell in night fighting giving Haig artillery dominance eastward. Erzingan fell to the Russian Caucasus army. Germany closes Belgian frontier.
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London
Delville Wood
Somme
Waterlot Farm
Trones Wood
Haltzorn
Combles
Bapaume
Peronne
Noyon
Berlin
Pozieres
Haig
Meuse
Fleury
Thiamount
French War Office
Verdun
Erzingan
Amenia
Nicholas
Armenia
Russia
Sivas
Constantinople
Germany
Germans Hear Peace Talks Begin Campaigns Across Germany
Berlin reports indicate growing freedom for war aims discussion as the German National Committee launches a broad speaking campaign with prominent leaders. Simultaneously the Independent Committee for Obtaining an Honorable Peace will start its activities nationwide.
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Berlin
German National Committee
Germany
Independent Committee For
Whales Drive Off Sharks Off Seabright Coast
On the New Jersey coast near Seabright the Cape Cod spotted a clash between hammerhead sharks and a school of small whales. The sharks were driven off with heavy casualties, seen by about 200 aboard, and Captain Ely predicts the sharks' defeat will end the Atlantic bathing beach scare.
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Seabright
N. J
New York
Cape Cod
Ely
Allies claim Berlin checked in heavy front fighting
London reports severe fighting on the French front north of the Somme with German counterattacks repulsed and heavy losses. The British and French claim ground gained and large casualty figures while German reports dispute advances and claim higher Allied losses. A war office casualty list shows July losses across fronts, with most in Picardy.
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London
Sommeé
Foch
War Office
Paris
Hem
Conacu
Benin
Haig
Bazentin le Patit
Picardy
Russians Capture Brody and Break Front Near Lutsk
Russian forces advance in Galicia and Volhynia capturing Brody a key railway junction and breaking Austrian German lines west of Lutsk. They report 9 000 prisoners and 46 guns as British troops hold Longueval and push toward Bapaume while Haig notes German reinforcements from Verdun.
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London
Brody
Galicia
Lutsk
Volhynia
Vienna
Lesznnow
Lemberg
Tarpopol
Buczacz
von Linsingen
Petrograd
Vladimir Volynski
Kovel
Somme
France
Longueval
Bapaume
Delville Wood
Pozieres
Haig
Verdun
von Einem
Frontline Battles Persist Across Eastern Front and Verdun
Russian and Austro Hungarian and German forces clash along the front from the Pripet marshes to Buczacz in Galicia about 200 miles. Russian advances continue in the Caucasus toward Erzingan Sivas and Mosul. Germans renew furious attacks on Verdun as divisions press French defenses northeast of the fortress. Letchitsky moves toward Stanislau as Russians press toward Kovel amid heavy losses.
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Pripet River
Russia
Buczacz
Galicia
Caucasus
Erzingan
Sivas
Mosul
Kovel
Letchitsky
Dniester
Stanislau
von Linsingen
Supervisor of the blind job ruled not protected
Dismissal of Lydia Y. Hayes as supervisor of work for the blind was sustained by the Civil Service Commission. Hayes, blind, was found to be in a teacher role, not civil service protected, with secretary Susie Baker placed on the preferred list after her position was abolished for economy. Dismissals take effect in August.
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Trenton
Lydia Y. Hayes
State Blind Commission
Civil Service Commission
Miss Hayes
Civil Service
Blind
Civil Service Commissioners
Susie Baker
Miss Baker
Blind Commission
Wells P. Eagleton
Newark
C. Randolph Diefenbach
Jersey City
Fielder
New Jersey in State Briefs Highlights Fishing Triumphs and Industry Moves
Philadelphia angler W W Tyers caught a 19 ounce pompano at the Point of Beach the first rod and reel Florida fish in that area. Canister Company Phillipsburg resumes under a receiver with orders on hand for months. Gloucester County sells old toll house on Woodbury Mullica Hillpike turnpike. Union Lake Millville yields eight pike over 16 pounds with the largest 4 12 pounds.
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W. W. Tyers
Philadelphia
City
Canister Company
Phillipsburg
Charles C. Woods
Marshall I Barnitt
Gloucester County Board
of Freeholders
Woodbury
Mullica
Yoseph
Union Lake
Millville
Trenton
J. Li.Mott Iron
Dettmar
Montclair
National Aid Society
Douglas
Ariz
Board of Health
Ridgefield Park
Mount Holly
William D.s Lippincott
Burlington County Judiciary
William Huff
Edward, Huff
Somerville
Manasquan River
Point Pleasant
South Orange Field Club
Commodore Barry
Titusville
William Thompson
Delaware
Herbert G. McCallion
Young Thompson
Bordentown
Gape May
Jersey
Boards of Education
Gloucester County
L. P. Thomas Phosphate Company
Paulsboro
Vineland
Russell B. Cunningham
Samuel A. Whitely
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elizabeth
Andaister
Summit Park
Pitman
Miss Cooper
Pitman ,Young Woman's Association
Stone
Swedesboro
Bernard Abram
Atlantic City
National Park
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Secret Agenta
Cordon
World’s News
Admiral Winslow
U. 8. Army
Trenton and
Mercer County
Pennington Avenue
General Washington
Utility Commission
Hartman
Supreme Court
Swayze
American Woolen Company
Opportunity Sales Company
State Board
Justice Swayze
Martin
Wescott
Boggs
Backes
Attorney General's Office
Boges
Secretary of
West Haddonfield
Haddon Avenue
L. Z. Lawrence
New. Jersey
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